Eumolpus

Family: Eleusis · Role: priest · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 2.5

Life events

Erechtheus sacrificed a daughter, his other daughters killed themselves, and he killed Eumolpus in battle.(Apollodorus, Library 3.15)
- With: Erechtheus
- “When Erechtheus inquired of the oracle how the Athenians might be victorious, the god answered that they would win the war if he would slaughter one of his daughters; and when he slaughtered his youngest, the others also slaughtered themselves; for, as some said, they had taken an oath among themselves to perish together. In the battle which took place after the slaughter, Erechtheus killed Eumolpus.”

parent: Chione “having given birth to Eumolpus unknown to her father”
parent: Poseidon “But Poseidon picked him up and conveyed him to Ethiopia”
guardian: Benthesicyme “and gave him to Benthesicyme( a daughter of his own by Amphitrite) to bring up”
child: Ismarus “he went with his son Ismarus to Tegyrius”
with Erechtheus (interaction) “In the battle which took place after the slaughter, Erechtheus killed Eumolpus.”
with Tegyриus (interaction) “But being afterwards detected in a plot against Tegyrius, he fled to the Eleusinians and made friends with them.”

Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.